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If similar comments were made in the workplace «it could be considered sexual harassment, and the employer could be held liable,» she said.

Yet in December, the tech giant took an important step to make its workplace culture more amenable to aggrieved employees when it eliminated forced arbitration agreements with workers who bring sexual harassment claims.

Workplace whoopee has remained a hot topic since the 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burlington Industries Inc. v. Ellerth, which makes it easier for employees to file sexual - harassment lawsuits even if they can't show significant job - related consequences.

Coles said it's made her consider not only issues of sexual violence, but all forms of harassment or silencing of voices that can happen in or be rooted in the workplace.

Respondents found the outlook for women equally bleak: 51 % said that the current reckoning over sexual harassment and assault will not make «much difference» in the opportunities available to women in the workplace.

From allegations of sexual harassment against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes to the court case against former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi stemming from complaints of abusive behaviour both inside and outside the workplace, recent high - profile cases of harassment and violence have made it clear that many organizations struggle to uphold appropriate standards of conduct within their ranks.

D. Support opportunities for women media practitioners in career training / development, and advocate for promotions based on merit, for independent decision - making and for freedom from sexual harassment in the workplace.

From the onset of employment it should be made clear to every employee that sexual harassment is unacceptable in the workplace and that the company does not retaliate against anyone who notifies the company of potential harassment.

«We have to make sure that this workplace and every workplace is free of harassment, sexual and otherwise,» Stewart - Cousins said.

«We have to make sure that this workplace and frankly every workplace is free of harassment, sexual and otherwise, and I would hope that in this next week and a half that we have, we will be able to put something forward that expresses our contempt for sexual harassment.»

The final deal includes a provision extending protections to independent contractors, consultants and other non-employees in a given workplace, making an employer liable for sexual harassment against them.

In a 2013 radio interview on the «The Opie and Anthony Show,» Donald Trump Jr. complains about women making charges of sexual harassment in the workplace, suggesting that women who have a trouble with men making certain comments should go teach kindergarten.

Flanagan spokesman Scott Reif made a distinction between positions held by the Senate GOP and Trump's national candidacy, saying the Senate passed women's equality legislation that «ensures equal pay for equal work, protects the victims of domestic violence and creates zero tolerance for sexual harassment in the workplace.»

They spend much of their lives at work, but the rise in sexual harassment suits has made workplace relationships tricky at best.

With stars using the 2018 Golden Globes as a platform to speak out about the Time's Up initiative, gender inequality and sexual harassment in the workplace, all eyes will be on the SAG Awards (which will include mostly female presenters) to see if Hollywood uses the event to make the same statement.

I once represented a victim of sexual harassment in the workplace and am confident I made a positive difference in her life.

More importantly though, it highlights how NDAs — standard practice in employment disputes in law and other sectors — could make it harder for law firms to really crack down on sexual assault and harassment in the workplace.

The Action Plan suggests the OHSA amendments could include a new employer obligation to «make every reasonable effort to protect workers from harassment, including sexual harassment in the workplace».

«Workplace sexual harassment» means: (a) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or (b) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is uWorkplace sexual harassment» means: (a) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or (b) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is uworkplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or (b) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is unwelcome.

«workplace sexual harassment»: (a) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or (b) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is unwelcome.

The Act aims to make workplaces, campuses and communities safer and more responsive to the needs of survivors and to complaints about sexual violence and harassment.

Employers, in addition to their obligation to protect workers from workplace violence, must make every reasonable effort to protect workers from harassment, including sexual harassment in the workplace.

If Bill 132 is passed, it will definitively make sexual harassment in the workplace a health and safety issue.

«Workplace sexual harassment» is now defined in the legislation to mean (a) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or (b) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is uWorkplace sexual harassment» is now defined in the legislation to mean (a) engaging in a course of vexatious comment or conduct against a worker in a workplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or (b) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is uworkplace because of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, where the course of comment or conduct is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome, or (b) making a sexual solicitation or advance where the person making the solicitation or advance is in a position to confer, grant or deny a benefit or advancement to the worker and the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the solicitation or advance is unwelcome.

Part 2 of our series on workplace investigations focused on the recent amendments made to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the «OHSA») and Limitations Act by Bill 132, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to sexual violence, sexual harassment, domestic violence and related matters («Bill 132»).

The trial judge found that the incidents complained of took place outside the workplace, the employee had made a timely apology to the victim which he had accepted and several of the incidents alleged to have amounted to sexual harassment and breach of the employment contract in fact was found to be «consensual conduct among friends».

Julie's blend of skills and experience make her particularly adept at conducting effective and comprehensive investigations into complex workplace issues such as allegations of bullying and harassment, sexual harassment or discrimination.

Again, like OHS and human rights laws, many expressly prohibit workplace sexual harassment and impose obligations on employers to make «every reasonable effort» (or words to this effect) to ensure no employee is subjected to it, mandating steps employers must take to prevent and respond to workplace sexual harassment.

Bill 132, An Act to amend various statutes with respect to sexual violence, sexual harassment, domestic violence and related matters, presents changes to various statutes, aimed at making workplaces, university campuses, and communities safer, while recognizing the needs of survivors of sexual violence and harassment.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said Tuesday she wants to make sure enforcement of rules governing sexual harassment in the workplace is adequate in the wake of allegations surrounding ex-CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi.

Even back in the day when my senior colleague made her outrageous «breeder» comments, there was awareness of the harm of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Introducing an obligation for employers to make every reasonable effort to protect workers from harassment, including sexual harassment, in the workplace

Nonetheless, these recommendations should surely make for healthier workplace relationships, better work environments and less sexual harassment.